Abstract Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvelev is an important perennial grass species extensively dispersed in the typical grassland communities of Eurasian steppe region. It relished by livestock due to its high quality and being a nutritionally valuable forage crop. L. has recently gained extensive consideration on genetic diversity. However, diversity studies using SSR markers currently limited....

Forage dry matter (DM) yield and its nutrient content are important in livestock nutrition; however, they have distinct, even opposite responses to mowing regimes. To optimize forage resources, two independent field experiments were conducted determine effects of initial time (15-day intervals from May 15 September 1) frequency (one five times per year) on DM nutritive value Leymus chinensis (T...